Encino Energy Focused on Utica Shale Growth in 2022
Encino Acquisition Partners (aka Encino Energy) bought all of Chesapeake Energy’s Ohio assets for $2 billion in 2018 (see Stop Press: Chesapeake Sells ALL of its Ohio Utica Assets for $2B). The deal included all of Chessy’s 933,000 Ohio acres (with 320,000 net Utica acres) and 920 operated and non-operated Ohio Utica wells. The pure-play company continues to actively drill in the Ohio Utica and has become the fourth largest private producer of natural gas and oil in the U.S. (largest oil producer in Ohio). In 2021 Encino hit a milestone–drilling and bringing online its 100th well. What’s ahead in 2022?
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Last week the number of new shale permits issued for the three M-U states more than doubled from the previous week. Four weeks ago there were 
Everyone loves a “top x” list, right? We sure do. Hart Energy, publisher of must-have industry magazines including E&P (Exploration & Production), and Oil and Gas Investor, recently published a special publication called 
This edition of the Marcellus/Utica permits report covers the past two weeks as MDN was taking a break during the last week of 2021. For the period of December 20 through January 2, there were 29 permits issued to drill new shale wells in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. PA had 16 new permits (most of them located on two well pads), OH had 12 new permits (spread across five well pads), and WV had just one new permit. Must be WV DEP took the last two weeks of the year off.
A reporter with the New Philadelphia (OH) Times Reporter recently chatted with both Mike Chadsey, director of public relations for the Ohio Oil and Gas Association (OOGA), and with MDN friend Jackie Stewart, director of external affairs for Encino Energy. The topic? What’s happening right now in the Ohio Utica Shale, and what do they see coming in the near future for shale energy in the Buckeye State. We’d sum it up by saying the industry is cautiously optimistic.
There is no denying that permits issued to drill new wells in all of the Marcellus/Utica, including Ohio, have gone down over the past couple of years. Price is the main reason–the low price of natgas, that is. Even with all of the lower drilling budgets, less drilling, and (yes) layoffs, we spotted a statistic about Ohio that gives us encouragement. According to JobsOhio, the state’s economic development agency, “about 200,000 Ohioans are employed by the oil and gas industry.” That’s great news!
